Product Description
You've known your mother all your life. Show her you were paying attention with this keepsake book, which allows you to reflect what you've seen back to her, one memory at a time. The book is structured with vignettes about the author's mother, each followed by thoughtful and playful questions to serve as a springboard for your own memories. Quotations about moms add reflection and wit. Chapters:Mom in the Home -- Doing whatever she did to make a house a place that we loved to live in and want to return to.Mom in the World -- She was our primary tour guide, into the neighborhood, and then beyond.Virtuous Mom-- Sometimes it's in her actions, and sometimes it's in the things she touches.Playful Mom -- In word and deed, she showed that there is a time for mirth. Educational Mom -- We learn so much from mom, whether or not she knows she's teaching.Mom: The Final Exam -- It is a test, but everyone passes.For example: Page 28. Mom liked to walk in the neighborhood on summer evenings, and would get me to join her by saying, "Let's go look in people's windows."What simple pleasures did she invite you along on?How did she show curiosity about people's inner lives?How has she been a good neighbor?"Making a decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." -- Elizabeth Stone Read more
